IN MAY OF 2010 THERE WERE 712 DEATHS IN THIS WAR.. AN THATS HOSTILE DEATHS OR I.E.D'S(IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE).. THESE ARE ROUNDABOUT NUMBER'S BUT IM SURE THEY COULD BE HIGHER.. OUR PURPOSE WITH THIS SONG WAS TO SHOW EMPATHY.. TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE MIND FRAMES OF THESE SOLDIERS WHO HAVENT SEEN OR HEARD FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN GOD KNOWS HOW LONG.. WE DONT AGREE WITH THE WAR BUT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE SOLDIERS THAT ARE OUT THERE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR A COUNTRY THEY FULLY BELIEVE IN.. AN EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEM ARE OUT THERE FOR OTHER REASONS AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE THERE AN THEY ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR THE FREEDOMS WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.. WE WANTED TO SHOW NOT JUST THE CASUALTIES OF A WAR OR THE GUERILLA MINDSTATE BUT THE EMOTIONS THAT ARE IGNORED BY EVERYDAY MEDIA.. THE EMOTION BEHIND 2 SOLDIERS ON THEIR BUNKS WRITING LETTERS TO THEIR FAMILIES OR THE KID WHO SIGNS UP AN REALIZES HE JUST MADE A BIG MISTAKE THAT HE CANT RENEGE ON.... SO WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS PIECE OF "ART" THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.. SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE TROOPS PAST,PRESENT AND BEYOND.. NO MATTER IF YOU WERE IN THE FIELD OR YOU WERE IN THE OFFICE... THIS IS OUR DEDICATION TO YOU!

Meredith Carpenter and Lillian Fritz-Laylin — We all know that women like funny guys (how else do you explain Woody Allen's love life?), but empirical evidence for this phenomenon has been sorely lacking. Fortunately, in a recent study in the journal Psychological Reports, a French scientist took up the challenge of testing whether humor helps men pick up women.

In the study, "Men's sense of humor and women's responses to courtship solicitations: an experimental field study", the author (who you might remember from such classic studies as "Women's bust size and men's courtship solicitation" and "Bust size and hitchhiking: a field study" set out to test whether "producing humor might function as a fitness indicator associated with greater desirability during dating selection."

For the experiment, the researcher recruited several young "male confederates" (no, not the Southern kind) to help out. The guys sat in a bar near a woman, and one of them was instructed to tell (or, in the control condition, not tell) three jokes to his companions. These jokes had been previously chosen for their funniness by a panel of women, so we can only assume something has been lost in the translation from French:

"Two friends are talking: "Say, buddy, could you loan me 100 Euros?" "Well, you know I only have 60 on me." "Ok, give me what you've got and you'll only owe me 40."

A young teacher is interviewing for a position. He is asked: "Can you give me three reasons why you wanted to be a teacher?" The interviewee promptly answers: "December, June, and July."

A little boy asks his Dad, "What's a bank?" His Dad answers: "It's a place where you put your money for awhile, before the IRS takes it all away.""The two companions were instructed to respond with phrases like "That's hilarious!" and "You always know the good ones!". The companions then left, and the joker asked the woman (who had overheard the whole charade) for her phone number. Finally, the woman was "debriefed" and asked to take a short survey to rate the guy on his attractiveness, intelligence, and sense of humor.

The result of these shenanigans? "The previous expression of humor was associated with greater compliance with the male confederate's request and with a higher positive evaluation." In other words, the guy who told jokes was rated as funnier and more attractive by the women, thus snagging him more phone numbers.

The author goes on to speculate about why women might be attracted to humor:

Humor for women may perhaps be interpreted as a personal trait related to intelligence; intelligence is an important trait in evaluating the probability of obtaining higher status and success in financial prospects. This effect could explain why men used humor more frequently than women because the lack of humor is associated with less interest in the female's mental activity.So basically, the author thinks women like funny guys because it shows their intelligence, but men choose women for other reasons—perhaps (based on his other publications) bust size?

Charlie Sheen believes in miracles -- because he not only tells TMZ he'd gladly do another season of "Two and Half Men" ... he'd also work with his boss Chuck Lorre again ... you know, the guy he called a "piece of s**t" and challenged to a fight.

Shocking, we know ... but Charlie -- who's under contract for one more season of "Men" -- tells TMZ he'd definitely do season 9 as planned because, simply, he's a man of his word.

Charlie also claims he'd work with "Men" creator and nemesis Chuck Lorre again ... but only if Chuck would "adhere to my requests." No word on what those requests are ... but it's safe to say Chuck would have NONE of it.

And it doesn't stop there -- Charlie says he's even on board to do a season 10 -- IF they paid him $3 million an episode plus a $20 million signing bonus.

Charlie says he'd use the bonus to cover everything the "Men" staff lost after the current season was derailed.

Say goodbye to the Share button because the Like button is taking over.

After months of updates to its Like button, Facebook has released an update that fundamentally changes the button’s functionality to that of a Share button. Now after hitting the Like button, a full story with a headline, blurb and thumbnail will be posted to your profile wall. You’ll also be given an option to comment on the story link. Previously, only a link to the story would appear in the recent activity, often going unnoticed by users.

Though users may now think twice about hitting the button, given how prominently it will appear on their walls and in their networks’ newsfeeds, it should ultimately increase traffic to publishers’ websites.

Facebook has slowly been rolling out updates to its Like button and has stopped developing the Share Button. Facebook Spokeswoman Malorie Lucich told us that while the company will continue to support the Share button, Like is the “recommended solution moving forward.” However, Lucich today called it a test, saying “We’re always testing new products thatincorporate developer feedback as we work to improve the Platform experience, and have no details to share at this time.” It’s unlikely that the change is just a test, however. Typically such tests from Facebook only affect a small number of users, whereas this change affects all Like buttons.

Perhaps the change was necessary. Because it was never made clear to users that the Like button would function differently than the Share button, many never understood what it meant to click Like on a piece of content. Making the result the same as the Share button could build stronger user expectations, ultimately fashioning a better user experience.

I met jason black through A.dash. He was already doing his thing. He had a few mixtapes on the street and one day A.dash asked me to sit down an really hear him out, so I did. I listened to all of his tapes an the 1st thing that caught my attention was his voice. I thought he had a very easy to listen to kind of voice. I mean, you can be nice as hell but if your voice aint poppin the people are not going to fuck with you, period. The 2nd thing was his delivery was on point, even if you break down his most simplest verses they sound good because he delivers them properly. The most important thing that grabbed me was his work ethic. Now, anybody who knows me or heard of me will either say "he's nice"," his grind is serious", or both an they will tell you that, that's the most important element to an artist in my oppinion because again, you can be nice as hell but if people don't see that your hungry, why would they co-sign you? So anyway I felt he was grittylyf certified. He paints pictures with his words an he brings back the "I'm better than you" element to hiphop. But to me his strong points is his "struggle music" because in a lot of rappers you know when they are speakin on something they've seen from their project window an you can tell when they are connected to the actual story. J.black is the rapper but "jason black" the artist is really 2 people. Its him an his girlfriend lisa who handles a lot of his marketing and promotion. When jason was recruited he had a previously ready to go mixtape titled "the heatwave" we immediately pushed that an from july 2010 to feb 2011 we have dropped 4 mixtapes by the young boy. Very impressive an I think that's another thing that connected me to his music. The fact that he reminds me of my self. My plan is to get this kid signed. I feel he's got the talent an he's marketable. I also can see him being around for a very long time. Since he's been with us his fan base has grown exceptionally. I have a huge fan base in the u.k. An he's even tapped into that loyal fan base I have out there which is good. When I recruited him there was a lot of people who were trying to do the same thing. I think he came with us because he felt comfortable being around A.dash an he knows as far I'm concerned I've always pushed my music everywhere, where as some people focus on being the hottest in their town I always made my self hot everywhere. The transformation is latest project under the grittylyfmusic regime an I'm glad to have this dude be a part of my ever growing team.. Salute to jason black www.grittylyfmusic.comSent from my BlackBerry®